Those who continue to display the apartheid flag face a hefty fine or will be subjected to community service but will not be sent to jail. The apartheid flag made of orange, white and blue colors was adopted by the white minority rule in South Africa in 1928. The flag represented a number of colonies including the Dutch Prince's flag, the British Union Jack and several others, which remind the country's bitter colonial past.
"We are a rainbow nation. I don't see why some people continue displaying the apartheid flag which reminds us of our past. What we need is to move forward as a united country," 57-year-old Malume Mike, a Johannesburg taxi driver told Anadolu Agency on Thursday.
Many South Africans took to social media sites to welcome the ruling saying all South Africa need to be united in their diversity.